Jays shut down Bautista for rest of season

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Sep 4, 2013

Bautista got the "shut down" notice on Aug. 28 last year. For the second straight year, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista's season has come to a premature end. The Blue Jays on Wednesday shut down Bautista for the rest of the season. It's not a huge surpris… (more)e. He's been out since Aug. 20 with a femur bone bruise another injury woe for the hobbled Blue Jays, who have limped their way to a 64-75 record. Prior to suffering his femur bone bruise last month, Bautista was hitting .259 with 28 home runs and 73 RBIs in 118 games. Bautista' season ends with a 259/.358/.498 batting line and 28 homers with 73 RBIs, which isn't near his MVP-contending seasons of a few years back. It's better to rest up, heal up and try again next year. You know when you're excited to go to a party and then you get there and it's really, really disappointing? And you just want to leave early, but you can't because everybody would notice and that would be embarrassing.